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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*In 2004, a registered trademark symbol was added next to the name. | *In 2004, a registered trademark symbol was added next to the name. | ||
*Starting in 2007, a {{color|red}} version of the logo | *Starting in 2007, a {{color|red}} version of the logo would be used on some films, mostly horror films and/or thrillers such as <u>''Quarantine''</u>, <u>''Untraceable''</u>, <u>the third, fourth and fifth ''Resident Evil'' movies</u>, <u>''Lakeview Terrace''</u>, <u>''Straw Dogs''</u>, <u>''Vacancy''</u>, <u>''No Good Deed''</u> and <u>''Brightburn''</u> (the last two of which use this with the Sony byline and the 2014 Sony logo). It also occasionally appeared on non-horror/thriller movies such as ''Dear John'' and ''First Sunday''. | ||
*On some early films released by the company, the "S" is bigger than usual. Also, the beginning of the logo is slightly different. | *On some early films released by the company, the "S" is bigger than usual. Also, the beginning of the logo is slightly different. | ||
*On <u>''Deliver Us from Evil''</u>, <u>''No Good Deed''</u>, <u>''Searching''</u>, and <u>''Brightburn''</u>, the 2014 Sony logo transitions to this logo. | *On <u>''Deliver Us from Evil''</u>, <u>''No Good Deed''</u>, <u>''Searching''</u>, and <u>''Brightburn''</u>, the 2014 Sony logo transitions to this logo. | ||
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'''Audio:''' It starts out with a rising orchestra similar to the end of the 1993 Columbia Pictures logo (taken from the ''Orchestral Colors'' sample library by Peter Siedlaczek), then to a five-note tune with a choir singing along coinciding with the animation and the forming of the words "SCREEN GEMS". This was composed by James R. O'Brien. In other cases, it uses the opening theme or it's silent. | '''Audio:''' It starts out with a rising orchestra similar to the end of the 1993 Columbia Pictures logo (taken from the ''Orchestral Colors'' sample library by Peter Siedlaczek), then to a five-note tune with a choir singing along coinciding with the animation and the forming of the words "SCREEN GEMS". This was composed by James R. O'Brien. In other cases, it uses the opening theme or it's silent. | ||
'''Audio Variant:''' On some prints of <u>''Hostel''</u>, notably the Mill Creek Blu-Ray print of the film, the audio from the third [[Lionsgate Films]] logo plays due to an editing error. | '''Audio Variant:''' On some prints of <u>''Hostel''</u>, notably <u>the Mill Creek Blu-Ray print</u> of the film, the audio from the third [[Lionsgate Films]] logo plays due to an editing error. | ||
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* | *It first appeared on ''Limbo'' (the studio's first film), and can be seen on many genre and mid-budget films produced and distributed by the studio from the era, and also appeared on ''The Machine''. | ||
*It still pops up | *It still pops up on trailers even with the next logo currently being used. | ||
'''Legacy:''' A upgraded version of the fifth Screen Gems Television logo with a calmer atmosphere, it remains a favorite among the community alongside its predecessor. The red version has also been unofficially nicknamed as "The Return of the S from Hell", likely made as a homage to the original "S from Hell". | '''Legacy:''' A upgraded version of the fifth Screen Gems Television logo with a calmer atmosphere, it remains a favorite among the community alongside its predecessor. The red version has also been unofficially nicknamed as "The Return of the S from Hell", likely made as a homage to the original "S from Hell". | ||
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'''Visuals:''' The logo starts out high in the sky. The camera turns and ascends through layers of clouds. Eventually the clouds clear and a CGI {{color|blue}} letter "S" is seen. The camera continues to turn and zoom out, slowly revealing the name "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" (again in the same different font as before) which fades in with the smaller byline underneath it, in the same vein as the previous logo. The camera continues to ascend and zoom out, revealing the same trademark "Spiral S". It seems to be made out of glass, refracting the blue of the sky (rather than being blue itself). As the camera comes to a stop, the blazing sun is positioned exactly behind the bottom half of the "Spiral S", with the clouds forming a plane under the logo. The finished product looks similar to the 2006 version of the 1993 | '''Visuals:''' The logo starts out high in the sky. The camera turns and ascends through layers of clouds. Eventually the clouds clear and a CGI {{color|blue}} letter "S" is seen. The camera continues to turn and zoom out, slowly revealing the name "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" (again in the same different font as before) which fades in with the smaller byline underneath it, in the same vein as the previous logo. The camera continues to ascend and zoom out, revealing the same trademark "Spiral S". It seems to be made out of glass, refracting the blue of the sky (rather than being blue itself). As the camera comes to a stop, the blazing sun is positioned exactly behind the bottom half of the "Spiral S", with the clouds forming a plane under the logo. The finished product looks similar to the 2006 version of the 1993 logo for Columbia Pictures, the studio's corporate sister, complete with rainbow-like circles around the sun. | ||
'''Trivia:''' This logo was based on artwork by Buffy Cutler in association with Picturemill, who was commissioned to create a new Screen Gems logo for ''Friends with Benefits''. Some of the other candidates he produced are [https://www.behance.net/gallery/10729055/Screen-Gems-Studio-Logo here], and appear to have been inspired by the 1965 Screen Gems logo. | '''Trivia:''' This logo was based on artwork by Buffy Cutler in association with Picturemill, who was commissioned to create a new Screen Gems logo for ''Friends with Benefits''. Some of the other candidates he produced are [https://www.behance.net/gallery/10729055/Screen-Gems-Studio-Logo here], and appear to have been inspired by the 1965 Screen Gems logo. | ||
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'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' | ||
*It was initially used in tandem with the previous logo | *It was initially used in tandem with the previous logo, appearing on comedy films such as ''Friends with Benefits'' (as a variant), ''Think Like a Man'', ''About Last Night'', ''Think Like a Man Too'', and ''The Wedding Ringer''. | ||
*Starting with ''The Perfect Guy'', it now appears on all of their newer films, regardless of genre. | *Starting with ''The Perfect Guy'', it now appears on all of their newer films, regardless of genre. | ||
*The version with the 2021 Sony transition debuted on ''The Invitation''. | *The version with the 2021 Sony transition debuted on ''The Invitation''. | ||
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{{Movie-Navbox}} | {{Movie-Navbox}} | ||
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[[Category:Sony Pictures Entertainment]] | [[Category:Sony Pictures Entertainment]] | ||
[[Category:Sony Corporation]] | [[Category:Sony Corporation]] | ||
[[Category:Columbia Pictures]] | [[Category:Columbia Pictures]] | ||
[[Category:American film logos]] | [[Category:American film logos]] | ||
[[Category:United States]] | [[Category:United States]] | ||
[[Category:Film logos]] | [[Category:Film logos]] | ||